ICWA Survives SCOTUS, for Now.

[evildevil]

Close Call For Indian Rights in Baby Girl RulingWhen it ruled that a Cherokee girl could be returned to her adoptive parents, the Supreme Court came close to invalidating an act that has protected Indians for 40 years. It could have been worse, writes Marcia Zug

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[romp]

Thanks for posting--I've been wondering exactly this.

[apostle_of_eris]

I'm missing something here. There have been a couple of posts on this case . . .
She said "I'm pregnant" and he said, "goodbye". Later, she gave the baby up for adoption. Later than that, he suddenly said, "I get a do-over!"
He sounds like a prime jerk, but there are plenty of those around. Where is the Indian/Native American issue?

[evildevil]

the heart of the issue is the ICWA, technically the law tries to keep native american children within the community, so they cannot be broken by being placed in a family with a different ethnicity.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/indian-affairs-adoption-and-race-the-baby-veronica-case-comes-to-washington/274758/

http://www.nicwa.org/indian_child_welfare_act/

[apostle_of_eris]

She said "I'm pregnant" and he said, "goodbye". Later, she gave the baby up for adoption. Later than that, he suddenly said, "I get a do-over!"
How does that involve the ICWA? She should have limited the prospective adopters to the right tribe?